Pin-ticket.



PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

H A. FRANK.

I PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1902.

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Patented August e, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. FRANK, OF WATERLOO, IOlVA.

PIN-TICKET.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,993, dated August 9, 1904:.

Application filed June 23, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY A. FRANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vaterloo, in the county of Blackhawk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pin-Tickets, (Case No. 1,) of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to pin tickets for marking descriptions, cost, price, &c., on articles or fabrics such as hosiery, underwear, gloves, neckwear, towels, millinery, samples of goods, or any article through which a pinticket can be inserted-and has for its object the provision of a much simplified construction thereof and a pin-ticket which is not likely to injure those coming in contact with it.

The form of pin-ticket mostlargely used at the present time comprises a staple passed through the ticket and sharpened at its ends for ready insertion within the fabric upon which the ticket is to be placed, the ends of the staple after having been passed through the fabric being turned down to secure the ticket thereby. This form of pin-ticket is objectionable for the reason that it is difficult to sufiiciently and properly turn down the ends of the staple and also that it is diflicult to dislodge the pin-ticket. Moreover, the sharpened points of the staple are not shielded, so that one is liable to injury therefrom. It has also been proposed to pass a separatelyformed safety-pin through the ticket; but many objectionable features are present in such an arrangement this, as will be read ily apparent.

It is the object of my invention to provide a pin-ticket wherein the fastening device has the same advantages as those secured by an ordinary safety-pin and advantages in addition thereto, While at the same time making the structure very simple, so as to be cheap, the parts of the structure occupying very little space.

To this end my invention comprises a pinticket provided with a fastening pin or prong corresponding to the fastening pin or prong of a safety-pin and a catch corresponding,

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broadly speaking, to the catch of a safety-pin, the fastening pin or prong and the catch instead of being united with wire being completed by the card or ticket which unites the anchored end of the fastening pin or prong and the catch, the said fastening pin or prong and catch being mounted upon the same side of a cardboard, whereby the cardboard performs the double function of a ticket upon which may be inscribed suitable memoranda and price and a component part of a safetypin. The side of the card bearing the fasten ing pin or prong and catch is placed next to the fabric, so that the other side of the card, which is to bear the memoranda, may be free of any projecting parts of the fastening device, so that goods bearing the pin-tickets of my invention may be readily placed in piles without danger of any of the fastening parts of the pin-tickets becoming entangled with the fabrics or injuring the fingers. The catch which I prefer to employ is preferably formed of sheet metal provided with pointed fastening-ears passed through the ticket, sheet metal being preferred, as it will serve as a very effective guard to the point of the fastening pin or prong, which point is preferably sharpened.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pin-ticket constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the side of the pin-ticket opposite to that shown in Fig.

1 2, being the obverse side or top side. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the p1n-ticket. Fig. 5 1s a view illustrating the application of the pin-- ticket to an undershirt. Fig. 6 is a view of the catch before it is placed upon the ticket. Fig. 7 is a rear view of the fastening pin or prong portion of the pin, the card being removed. Fig. 8 is a view illustrating the clasp after being bent into the perfected shape, but

without being applied to the ticket. Fig. 9 is a top edge view of the pin-ticket.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the different figures.

The fastening pin or prong a is desirably formed of wire that is round in cross-section, this wire being preferably twisted to form a loop I), the twisted end of the fastening pin or prong being passed through a sheet of cardboard constituting the ticket 0 illustrated, whereby the pin or prong is anchored in place upon the cardboard. I do not wish to be limited, however, to this peculiar means for fastening the pin or prong in place. The free end of the pin or prong is preferably sharpened, so as to be readily passed through the fabric. Directly opposite this free end, and preferably in the same line with the anchored end of the fastening pin or prong, is located the catch (Z, that is preferably formed of sheet metal that is preferably provided with pointed fastening-ears e, that are passed through the ticket from the rear side thereof and are turned down on the obverse side thereof, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3. These ears are located at the upper end of the catch, the lower end of the catch being up and inwardly turned to provide a fastening-loop f. The lower end of the catch is rounded, as best shown in Fig. 6, before being bent into shape, the corners being so rounded to prevent any possibility of their catching in the fabric or injuring the fingers of a person on applying the ticket. The fastening pin or prong a after having been passed through the fabric is passed between the loop and the card and rested within the pocket formed by this loop and the balance of the catch. The fastening pin or prong is preferably not long enough to project beyond the catch, so that when the pin-ticket is in place the point of the fastening pin or prong will not be in position to cause injury or to become entangled with other fabric. The

novel and advantageous distinctions between the pin-ticket of my invention over the devices of the prior art will be readily apparent.

One of the most important advantages resides in the arrangement of the prong, whereby the fleXure of the same acts upon the catch in the direction of its length, thereby effecting the attachment of the ticket, so that the same may lie close to the article or garment. This construction is superior to forms in which the prong has an angular fleXure with respect to the ticket, in which case parts of the ticket are liable to form projections, thus interfering with the operation of packing or unpacking the garments or articles to which identification cards or tickets of this nature are attached.

While I have shown a fastening pin or prong formed of wire and anchored in a peculiar manner to the cardboard, I do not wish to be limited to this particular arrangement, and while I have shown the catch made of sheet or strip metal of a peculiar construction I do not wish to be limited in all embodiments of my invention to the characteristics thereof specifically set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a composite pin-ticket formed of a cardboard upon which memorandum may be written or printed, a metal fastening-prong anchored at one end to the cardboard, and a metal catch formed in a distinct and separate piece from the prong having one of its ends anchored to the cardboard and the other of its ends free and adapted for engagement with the free end of said prong, the flexure of said prong acting upon said catch in the direction of its length to permit the parts when engaged to lie close against said ticket, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day of June, A. D. 1902.

HARRY A. FRANK. Witnesses:

W. F. PARROTT, MARY STEEGE. 

